Greater Spotted Jellyfloat

Greater Spotted Jellyfloat
Appears in	Pikmin 2, Pikmin 4
Scientific name	Cephalus vortexia
Family	Jellyfloat
Areas	None
Caves	Shower Room, Hole of Heroes, Dream Den, Seafloor Resort, Ultimate Testing Range
Challenge Mode stages	The Giant's Bath, Abduction Den
Dandori Challenge stages	None
Dandori Battle stages	None
2-Player Battle stages	None
Attacks	Inhale leaders, inhale and eat Pikmin

The Greater Spotted Jellyfloat (オオマンマン^?, lit.: "Giant Manman") is an enemy in Pikmin 2 and Pikmin 4. Greater Spotted Jellyfloats are members of the Jellyfloat family, and as the name implies, they resemble a large, pinkish version of the Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat. In Pikmin 4, they appears much more solid, looking similar to gelatin. They have much more visible segments, more consistent and dull spots, purple luminescent organs, and more subtle lines on the oral arms. This species is considerably more rare, as it is alien to the region, but its population is quickly displacing that of its smaller cousin. Greater Spotted Jellyfloats have slightly more health and can be defeated in the same manner, but can suck up more Pikmin at once, and even leader if the player is not careful. It is possible to get out of a Jellyfloat quickly by rapidly rotating  / . Likewise, all undigested Pikmin and leaders are returned when one is defeated. Throwing Purple Pikmin will knock one to the ground, where it can be easily killed by swarming. Like their lesser cousins, they explode in a flurry of sparkling lights when defeated, but unlike them, they do not emit a song-like sound.

Stats

Game	Weight	Max. carriers	Seeds	Value	Health	Regen.
	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	4500	No
	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2500	No

Notes

Olimar's notes

“Vivid pink coloration is the most noticeable characteristic of this floating life-form. This immigrant species is not native to the region, having appeared to have recently arrived on wind currents. The luminescent organ in its head attracts prey, which it then sucks up and consumes with its lower orifice. Unlike jellyfish, the jellyfloat's tentacles do not have nematocysts, so there is no danger in touching them.”

Louie's notes

“Like a fine cheese, the aroma of this fluid floater can be oppressive, but its flavor must be experienced to be believed. Also makes an unforgettable nondairy spread!”

Dalmo's Notes

“This lovely floating critter sucks up food by stretching and contracting its body. It's hard to imagine such a graceful creature could be of this world. It would be rather exciting to get sucked in with all the treasures and Pikmin to float on forever. But if that really happened, I wouldn't be of this world for long either!”

Pikmin 2 Nintendo Player's Guide

“The Jellyfloat can suck up your Pikmin and pilots, and hold them in its transparent belly. Direct your troops to keep a safe distance from the flying fiend and throw troops at its body. After you defeat a Jellyfloat, you'll have nothing to show for it but the victims that you saved.”

Pikmin Garden

Text

“ピンク色の体に、スカート状に一体化した触手と、5本の口腕を持つ陸棲のクラゲ。頭の発光器官で獲物をおびき寄せ、体の下部にある口柄から吸い込んで捕食する。

特徴 その1 空を飛ぶ

体内の気圧を下げることで、外気との密度の差で浮力を得ている。

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• 獲物の上空へ音もなく近づき、体内外の気圧差で吸い上げる
• 触手や口腕には刺胞がなく、獲物の捕獲に使われることはない)

特徴 その2 外来種

風に乗って別の地域から飛来、定着した外来種である。

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• 大型で消化器官が発達していて、一度に捕食する獲物の数も多い
• 口腕の数や長さが異なるほか、体は一回り大きく、渦の向きが異なる)”

Translation

“A terrestrial jellyfish with a pink body, skirt-like unified tentacles, and five oral arms. It attracts prey with the luminescent organ in its head and sucks it up through the orifice on the lower part of its body.

Feature #1: Flying

By lowering the atmospheric pressure inside its body, it gains buoyancy from the difference in density with the outside air.

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• "It approaches its prey silently and sucks it up by taking advantage of the difference in atmospheric pressure between the air inside and outside its body"
• "It has no nematocysts on its tentacles and oral arms and does not use them to capture prey")

Feature #2: Non-native species

It is a non-native species that has flown in from another region in the wind, and has become established.

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• "Its large and well-developed digestive organs allow it to feed on a large amount of prey at once"
• "In addition to the number and length of its oral arms being different, its body is one size larger, and the orientation of its spiral is different")”

Strategy

In Pikmin 2. the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat is a large target and therefore can easily be hit with Purple Pikmin. Just one of them will bring the creature to the ground; 6 Pikmin will be needed, otherwise. Once on the ground, the player should either continue to throw Purple Pikmin at it, provided they have enough, or swarm it with a squad of considerable size. Both ways will ensure a quick defeat.

In Pikmin 4, Greater Spotted Jellyfloats are much more dangerous. They can not be weighed down, and kill Pikmin much faster. Any non yellow Pikmin will latch onto the tentacles, where they can be inhaled, excluding Purple Pikmin. As Yellow Pikmin are not usually brought to any caves that contain these Jellyfloats, fighting them will usually be a pain, as they are also quite sensitive to damage, and will shake Pikmin off quickly. Winged Pikmin (who are useful in the Ultimate Testing Range, where a few of these Jellyfloats can be encountered.) can also be used to attack the main body, though due to their low attack power, it's not a fast process without the use of Ultra-spicy spray. Much like the Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat, it can be defeated instantly when Ice Pikmin freeze it, due to its gelatinous body crashing into the floor when frozen. Like in Pikmin 2 Purple Pikmin are still an option, however, due to their lowered throw height and the incresed floating height of the Jellyfloat, it is much more difficult to hit it with Purple Pikmin. In exchange, Purple Pikmin do particularly massive damage when latching onto these beasts, all it takes is to find a single opening where the Jellyfloat lowers down and Purple Pikmin can quickly cause its demise. If you happen to miss, it doesn't matter much since Purple Pikmin are immune to the creature's sucking attack. Another option is Rock Pikmin, who are thrown higher than Purple Pikmin and do not mind the enemy's frequent shaking, since they don't latch on anyway. A small squad Rock Pikmin can quickly and easily defeat the beast within a few consectutive throws. Or, if you just give up, throw 3 Ice Pikmin at it and wait for it to eat them.

An alternate method is possible with only leaders in Pikmin 2. Have the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat absorb one leader, and then switch to the other leader and use an ultra-bitter spray to petrify the Jellyfloat. Switch back to the leader who is currently swallowed, and wiggle the Control Stick to break free. The Jellyfloat will be defeated. It's possible to do this with a single leader by spraying it as he is being sucked in, but this is very difficult.

To note is that in Pikmin 2, if a Greater Spotted Jellyfloat digests a White Pikmin, it will not take damage from it. This is also the case with the Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat.

Technical information

Pikmin 2 technical information (?)
Internal name			onikurage
Global properties (List)
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
s000	friction(not used)	Friction	0.5
s001	wallReflection	Unknown (wall bounce speed multiplier?)	0.5
s002	faceDirAdjust	Unknown	0.25
s003	accel	Acceleration	0.1
s004	bounceFactor	Unknown (bounce when it hits the ground?)	0.3
fp00	ライフ	HP	4500
fp01	マップとの当り	Unknown (related to slopes)	40
fp02	ダメージスケールXZ	Horizontal damage scale	0.1
fp03	ダメージスケールY	Vertical damage scale	0.1
fp04	ダメージフレーム	Damage scale duration	0.35
fp05	質量	Unknown (weight?)	0.0001
fp06	速度	Move speed	75
fp08	回転速度率	Rotation acceleration	0.1
fp09	テリトリー	Territory radius	500
fp10	ホーム範囲	"Home" radius	100
fp11	プライベート距離	"Private" radius	70
fp12	視界距離	Sight radius	500
fp13	視界角度	FOV	180
fp14	探索距離	Unknown (exploration radius?)	300
fp15	探索角度	Unknown (exploration angle?)	90
fp16	振り払い率	Successful shake rate	1
fp17	振り払い力	Shake knockback	120
fp18	振り払いダメージ	Shake damage	1
fp19	振り払い範囲	Shake range	25
fp20	攻撃可能範囲	Unknown (shock attack max range?)	60
fp21	攻撃可能角度	Unknown (shock attack max angle?)	25
fp22	攻撃ヒット範囲	Unknown (attack hit range?)	60
fp23	攻撃ヒット角度	Unknown (attack hit angle?)	25
fp24	攻撃力	Attack damage	10
fp25	視界高	Unknown (height visibility?)	50
fp26	探索高	Unknown (exploration height?)	50
fp27	ライフの高さ	HP wheel height	10
fp28	回転最大速度	Rotation speed	5
fp29	警戒時間	Unknown (warning time?)	15
fp30	警戒ライフ	Unknown	50
fp31	ライフ回復率	Regeneration rate	0
fp32	LOD半径	Off-camera radius	80
fp33	マップとのあたりポリゴンの選定	Collision processing radius	60
fp34	ピクミンとのあたり	Pikmin damage radius	15
fp35	石化時間	Petrification duration	1
fp36	ヒップドロップダメージ	Purple Pikmin drop damage	50
fp37	地震気絶確立	Purple Pikmin stun chance	0.3 (30%)
fp38	地震気絶時間	Purple Pikmin stun time	5
ip01	振り払い打撃Ａ	Shake mode 1 – hit count	8
ip02	振り払い張付１	Shake mode 1 – Pikmin requirement	5
ip03	振り払い打撃Ｂ	Shake mode 2 – hit count	15
ip04	振り払い張付２	Shake mode 2 – Pikmin requirement	10
ip05	振り払い打撃Ｃ	Shake mode 3 – hit count	20
ip06	振り払い張付３	Shake mode 3 – Pikmin requirement	20
ip07	振り払い打撃Ｄ	Shake mode 4 – hit count	25
Specific properties
ID	Japanese comment	Property	Value
fp01	飛行高さ	Flight height	75
fp02	上昇係数	Unknown (rise coefficient?)	5
fp10	地上ウェイト時間	Unknown	0.5
fp11	吸い込み時間	Suck duration	2
fp12	吸い込み確率	Unknown (probability of a leader or Pikmin being sucked in?)	0.1
fp04	振払落下時間	Determines the time until it shakes in the air once a pikmin is latched	1
ip01	落下最低ピキ数	Pikmin weight needed to bring it down	6
ip11	吸い込みピキ数	Unknown (maximum number of Pikmin it can suck at once?)	20

Other information

• Size: Diameter: 93mm, as per the e-card
• Pikmin 2 Piklopedia number: #36
• Pikmin 4 Piklopedia number: #87
• This enemy triggers the Auto Target Lock note in the Rescue Journal

Naming

See more: Jellyfloat family#Naming.

• Common name: Greater Spotted Jellyfloat. It is the largest of the three known Jellyfloats, the others being the Flying Spotted Jellyfloat and Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat, hence the "Greater" in its name.
• Japanese nickname: オオマンマン^?. オオ^? (lit.: "giant") refers to its size too.
• Japanese name: ヨミノホトクラゲ^?.
• Scientific name: Cephalus vortexia. Vortexia refers to how it sucks up Pikmin and leaders with a whirlwind.
• Internal names: Internally, it is called onikurage, which translates to "oni jellyfish" (鬼くらげ^?), as opposed to the Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat's kurage.
• Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	オオマンマン? Oo Manman	Large Manman
Chinese (traditional)	大慢慢水母 Dà Mànmàn Shuǐmǔ	Large Manman Jellyfish	慢慢 also means "slowly"
Chinese (simplified)	大慢慢水母 Dà Mànmàn Shuǐmǔ	Large Manman Jellyfish	慢慢 also means "slowly"
French	Jellyflotte Coloré Jellyflotte coloré (Pikmin 4)	Colorful Jellyfloat Colorful jellyfloat (Pikmin 4)
German	Starkgetupfte Schwebequalle	Heavily Spotted Hover Jellyfish
Italian	Gorgone Maculata	Spotted Gorgon
Portuguese	Medusa pintada	Spotted jellyfish
Spanish	Maximedusia moteada	Spotted maxi-jellyfish	"medusia" is a corruption of "medusa" (jellyfish)

Gallery

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Pikmin 2

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  Artwork of the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat from Pikmin 2.

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  An idle Greater Spotted Jellyfloat.

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  A grounded Greater Spotted Jellyfloat.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat dying.

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  Captain Olimar and a Blue Pikmin trapped inside a Greater Spotted Jellyfloat.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat about to try and suck something up.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat trying to suck up something.

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  A petrified Greater Spotted Jellyfloat.

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  A Purple Pikmin trapped inside a Greater Spotted Jellyfloat.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat sucking up some Purple Pikmin.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat digesting Pikmin.

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  The Piklopedia icon of the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat in the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.

Pikmin 4

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  Render of the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat from the Japanese Pikmin Garden website.

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  The Piklopedia icon of the Greater Spotted Jellyfloat.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat in Pikmin 4's Piklopedia.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat trying to suck up things.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat with Pikmin inside it which it has sucked up.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat that has been shocked by a lightning shock.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat exploding into pink luminescent particles after its death in the Piklopedia.

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  A Greater Spotted Jellyfloat carrying a Castaway in the Seafloor Resort.

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  The same Jellyfloat sucking up Ice Pikmin.

Other

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  The creature's e-card, #40 (14^th red card).

See also

• Lesser Spotted Jellyfloat
• Medusal Slurker
• Flying Spotted Jellyfloat